Comments on: Lord of the Rings bluegrass: "Ballad of Helm's Deep" http://boingboing.net/2011/09/13/lord-of-the-rings-bluegrass-ballad-of-helms-deep.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: M Alovert http://boingboing.net/2011/09/13/lord-of-the-rings-bluegrass-ballad-of-helms-deep.html#comment-1212165 M Alovert Wed, 14 Sep 2011 15:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117302#comment-1212165 Cute, but not bluegrass, and certainly not fingerpicking. Cute, but not bluegrass, and certainly not fingerpicking.

]]> By: Grebmar http://boingboing.net/2011/09/13/lord-of-the-rings-bluegrass-ballad-of-helms-deep.html#comment-1211986 Grebmar Wed, 14 Sep 2011 10:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117302#comment-1211986 Yeah. Big meh. Sorry dudes. Yeah. Big meh. Sorry dudes.

]]> By: Guest http://boingboing.net/2011/09/13/lord-of-the-rings-bluegrass-ballad-of-helms-deep.html#comment-1211859 Guest Wed, 14 Sep 2011 03:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117302#comment-1211859 They may also want to reconsider that verse right after the first chorus. The one that suggests that the Lord of their strings is Jackson not Tolkien. They may also want to reconsider that verse right after the first chorus. The one that suggests that the Lord of their strings is Jackson not Tolkien.

]]> By: Harrison Kjos http://boingboing.net/2011/09/13/lord-of-the-rings-bluegrass-ballad-of-helms-deep.html#comment-1211822 Harrison Kjos Wed, 14 Sep 2011 02:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117302#comment-1211822 I don't know if a banjo is a requirement but you have to do a little more than strum an acoustic to be considered bluegrass. I don’t know if a banjo is a requirement but you have to do a little more than strum an acoustic to be considered bluegrass.

]]> By: Ian Gilmore http://boingboing.net/2011/09/13/lord-of-the-rings-bluegrass-ballad-of-helms-deep.html#comment-1211783 Ian Gilmore Wed, 14 Sep 2011 01:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117302#comment-1211783 Acoustic does not equal bluegrass. There's no banjo, no fiddle, no mandolin and no bass. It's just filk. Acoustic does not equal bluegrass. There’s no banjo, no fiddle, no mandolin and no bass. It’s just filk.

]]> By: Patrick Hogan http://boingboing.net/2011/09/13/lord-of-the-rings-bluegrass-ballad-of-helms-deep.html#comment-1211513 Patrick Hogan Tue, 13 Sep 2011 20:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117302#comment-1211513 Nickel Creek and its respective band members have had a few Lord of the Rings bluegrass instrumentals. In the House of Tom Bombadil on their first album (no relation to the Leonard Nimoy version) and then Chris Thile had a song called Riddles in the Dark on his solo album (which was also called "Not All Who Wander Are Lost") Nickel Creek and its respective band members have had a few Lord of the Rings bluegrass instrumentals. In the House of Tom Bombadil on their first album (no relation to the Leonard Nimoy version) and then Chris Thile had a song called Riddles in the Dark on his solo album (which was also called “Not All Who Wander Are Lost”)

]]> By: franko http://boingboing.net/2011/09/13/lord-of-the-rings-bluegrass-ballad-of-helms-deep.html#comment-1211448 franko Tue, 13 Sep 2011 19:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117302#comment-1211448 bravo! bravo!

]]> By: ben levitt http://boingboing.net/2011/09/13/lord-of-the-rings-bluegrass-ballad-of-helms-deep.html#comment-1211330 ben levitt Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117302#comment-1211330 It should be pointed out that today would have been the 100th birthday of Bill Monroe, the (as far as I know) uncontested father of Bluegrass. It should be pointed out that today would have been the 100th birthday of Bill Monroe, the (as far as I know) uncontested father of Bluegrass.

]]> By: codesuidae http://boingboing.net/2011/09/13/lord-of-the-rings-bluegrass-ballad-of-helms-deep.html#comment-1211206 codesuidae Tue, 13 Sep 2011 17:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117302#comment-1211206 Excellent. I'm more of a Battlelore (http://www.last.fm/music/Battlelore ) fan myself, but more is better! Excellent. I’m more of a Battlelore (http://www.last.fm/music/Battlelore ) fan myself, but more is better!

]]> By: Listener43 http://boingboing.net/2011/09/13/lord-of-the-rings-bluegrass-ballad-of-helms-deep.html#comment-1211198 Listener43 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117302#comment-1211198 Bluegrass? One cannot play the bluegrass music without the five-string banjo.   Furthermore, I hear no fingerpicking; it's plectra all the way down. Bluegrass? One cannot play the bluegrass music without the five-string banjo.
 
Furthermore, I hear no fingerpicking; it’s plectra all the way down.

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